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Newbie Bass Chick

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Thingy

Oct 19, 2005
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Western Australia
#1
Well hi!

I have been trying to save for my first bass for about 6 months. In the end, my friends and family got together and purchased a friend's mate's Yamaha BB350 for me. How nice are they?!!

The first time I held it and started to play, it JUST FELT RIGHT!!

So here I am!

Hi to all the other newbies too. :p
 
#5
:) Thank you for the welcome! :)

Wot's a quarter pounder?!

Another question that I'm sure is a common one for newbies - Wot to do about blisters??!!

No pain no gain?! I'm down to about 2 non-blistered digits, so my style is rather..improvised! How long til they toughen up d'you reckon? I play about an hour most nights - it's been a couple of months now.
 
#9
Thingy said:
:) Thank you for the welcome! :)

Another question that I'm sure is a common one for newbies - Wot to do about blisters??!!

No pain no gain?! I'm down to about 2 non-blistered digits, so my style is rather..improvised! How long til they toughen up d'you reckon? I play about an hour most nights - it's been a couple of months now.
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Keep at it. Although playing that often I would have figured you would have some calluses by now... Do you have a teacher? If not, maybe consider finding one to make sure you are not teaching yourself some bad fingering habits.

But even long-time players can get blistered as you will find reading posts here - if I take a few days off then go back at it really aggressively I can get puffy, pain in the arse blisters even though I have been playing for years. Stick with it!

and Welcome!
 
#11
Thanks guys and girls - it's great to have these forums - my friends' eyes tend to glaze over when I start talking bass heheh.
Yep - should definitely get a few lessons. I'm learning a bit from one of those Hal Leonard series (play along with the CD) - having some musical training (13 years of classical piano) helps too - but it makes me shirty when the Hal Leonard gets theory bits wrong!
Hey Precious - RU in Perth? I am too - what are the chances! RU in a band? :)
 

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